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This morning I release an update to phpHtmlLib which resolves an issue for users still running sites based on PHP 5.2. The recent update to address early PHP 5.3.x releases contained code which was not 5.2.x compatible. This update addresses that problem. You can find the update on the Download and Installation page or as a Dashboard Update from the WordPress plugin repository.

This morning I released v1.36.973 of wp-SwimTeam. This build addresses a bug which prevents Users from signing up for job from the Jobs tab.

Yesterday I released v1.35.971 which addressed a problem when there were zero swimmers (aka a new installation) in the system. This bug caused some of the pages to display oddly for the Roster and list of Swimmers. Lastly, I enhanced the registration email such that it includes the Optional Field data defined for a swimmer. This enhancement is only included when using HTML formatted email. The Plain Text email continues to be very brief in nature.

This afternoon I fixed a couple of minor bugs and pushed out v1.34.963. The primary new feature in this release is the ability to export Meet Entries to Hy-tek Team Manager. I have had lots of requests to support Hy-tek over the years so I am happy to say I can finally support it!

As anyone who has read my postings over the past few years knows, I am no fan of Hy-tek. Between the closed data format and the awful user interface, it amazes me that their products have become the defacto standards for Swim Team and Swim Meet management but they have. If you want to play in this space you need to interface with Hy-tek. Fortunately some smart guys decoded the HY3 checksum and through lots of experiments some other people have figured out the HY3 file format so building on the work of others, I can now export a roster and meet entries in HY3 format.

I would appreciate feedback in this area as I have tested what I can but there is no such thing as too much testing and I may not have envisioned every scenario. There is also a very strong possibility that some of the fields in the HY3 format may not be in the right place or contain the right data.

I also fixed a number of issues when browsing Parents, Swimmers, and the Roster where the Search function wasn’t working correctly. Most of these problems were due to the SQL changes I made to address performance issues but a couple of them were due to allowing search against fields which are computed as opposed to extracted from the database.

Tonight I posted an early build of wp-SwimTeam v1.34. You can download it and manually install it if you would like to try it. This build introduces the ability to export Meet Entries in Hy-tek HY3 format which can be imported directly into Team Manager and Meet Manager.

This build also addresses a number of bugs I’ve encountered, the most notable being the inability to generate a single swimmer roster export in SDIF and HY3 formats. Instead of just one swimmer, the entire roster was exported. This has been fixed. The CSV export was not affected by the bug.

Please let me know if you run into any issues. I plan to release this later today after some more testing.

Download: [download#14]

If you run into any problems, please let me know. I’d like to release this update in the next day or so.

After a day of testing on the MacDolphins site without any issues, I have released v1.33.949. There are no changes between this build and the v1.33 beta build except the version number and the removal of the beta tag.

This build fixes a number of problems related to swimmer and user data which surfaced after I changed the database queries I was using in v.1.32.

Fixed bug which prevented generating roster report.

Fixed bug which prevented scratching swimmers from Meet tab.

Added additonal table to Meet Report when operating in Stroke mode which reports number of swimmers Opting In or Opting Out per age group.

Completed first phase Meet Entries export in Hy-tek HY3 format. Not exposed on the GUI yet.

This afternoon I posted an early build of wp-SwimTeam v1.33. You can download it and manually install it if you would like to try it. This build addresses a number of bugs which I introduced by changing the SQL in v1.32 for querying user data as it relates to swimmers.

Please let me know if you run into any issues. I plan to release this later today after some more testing.

Download: [download#14]

If you run into any problems, please let me know. I’d like to release this update in the next day or so.

After a few days of testing on the MacDolphins site without any issues, I have decided to go ahead and release v1.32.931. There are no changes between this build and the beta build except the version number and the removal of the beta tag.

The primary feature in this update is new SQL which addresses performance problems when working with user data, particularly when is relates to swimmers. The Job Commitment Report was particularly noticeable in how slow it was (4-5 minutes) if it completed at all. The SQL addresses that performance problem however since it used extensively across the plugin I wanted to make sure I hadn’t broken something else.

This evening I posted an early build of wp-SwimTeam v1.32. You can download and manually install it if you would like to try it. This build introduces new SQL to address some pretty serious performance problems querying user data as it relates to swimmers.

For several weeks our Swim Team Chair has been telling me there is a problem with the Job Commitment Report. I have been chasing this problem only to have it “go away” and start working correctly. I finally figure out that it was related to the large number of users registered with the site (we have almost 300). I was able replicate the problem by creating a large number of dummy users in my development database. The manifestation of the problem was most evident on the Job Commitments Report. The page would “go away” and give the appearance of a hung process. In some cases the report would finish but might take 4-5 minutes (ugh), in others it would timeout and return an error.

I had to solve a similar problem for the Email Users plugin last week so once I figured that one out, it dawned on me what the problem with wp-SwimTeam might be. Fixing it in wp-SwimTeam is a little more involved because of the database table relationships are a little more complicated. I’ve learned a lot about JOIN ON this week and this beta release represents completely new SQL for querying user data.

I’ve been through all of the tabs and forms at least once but there is a chance I’ve missed something. I am running this beta build on the MacDolphins web site and if I don’t run into anything over the next few days, I’ll go ahead and release it.

Download: [download#14]

If you run into any problems, please let me know. I’d like to release this update in the next day or so.

This morning I released an update for wp-SwimTeam. This version addresses a few issues and completes the Hy-tek Team Manager Roster Import functionality. You can find it on the Download and Installation page or through the WordPress Dashboard and the Plugin Repository.

Completed Hy-tek Roster export. All fields that can be mapped into some sort of logical Hy-tek Team Manager field are now supported. TM supports up to three custom fields in the roster import file, if optional swimmer fields are enabled, the first three (or fewer) will be mapped into the corresponding TM custom field.

This afternoon I posted an early build of wp-SwimTeam v1.31. You can download and manually install it if you want to try it. This build completes the work for exporting the roster to Hy-tek Team Manager. All of the swimmer and parent fields that can be logically mapped into the Team Manager Athlete profile have been mapped. I was even able to map some of the Swimmer Optional fields (if they’re used) as Hy-tek Team Manager supports importing up to three custom fields.

Download: [download#14]

If you run into any problems, please let me know. I’d like to release this update in the next day or so.